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Peter McMahon, Managing Director, EICL and ClearEnergy

Peter McMahon used to race motorbikes many moons ago but today contents himself with “motorbike track days”, mostly in the sunnier climate of Spain.

He is still actively involved in the sport, mainly through sponsorship of various racers, with Thomas O’Grady from Lusk who is currently leading in the Dunlop Masters Superbike Championship on the EICL/ClearEnergy Yamaha R1.

Peter has previously sponsored Caoith Lawless, John Walsh, Andy Farrell, Paul Barron, Alan Bonner, and international racers Peter Heijims and Michael Hofman, both of whom came to Ireland for individual road races at Cookstown and Skerries. He used to focus mainly on road races but, after losing some friends to the sport, he concentrates on closed circuit racing these days. His own record while riding included his only win at the Jeremy McWilliams Superbike academy (in Almeria, Spain) in 2010, while he also came third in an endurance race at the same event. Jeremy (a very famous ex-MotoGP racer from NI) has since become a good friend and they played golf in Spain recently at which Peter says “I’m also not so good at.”

Peter has had many accidents during his motorcycling days and now sports the scars to prove it. Oddly enough though, the worst accident he has ever had was while skiing last January. He was very lucky to survive, having broken ribs and his collar bone, along with suffering a severe bang to the head. This caused concussion and some memory loss, but thankfully, he has since fully recovered. “Obviously, the idea of using a mobile app to see how quickly you can go down a black slope is not so clever,” he quips.

Thomas O’Grady, sponsored by Peter’s EICL/ClearEnergy, pictured at Cartagena with Peter prior to the race season in March this year.